| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Supercontinent that fused with Gondwana to produce Pangea. | Laurasia | 88%
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| The end result after bituminous coal experiences high pressures and stress. | Anthracite | 75%
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| Man-made structures built in pairs that extend into the ocean form the coast at the entrances to rivers and harbors, also acting as an agent against erosion (but sometimes causes it too). | Jetties | 63%
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| A trough-shaped fold in rock layers. | Syncline | 63%
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| The mafic version of pumice. | Scoria | 50%
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| Sedimentary deposit from a turbidity current, often graded. | Turbidite | 50%
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| A geological structure where sets of intersecting closely spaced fractures, referred to as joints, result in the formation of a regular array of polygonal prisms, or columns. | Columnar jointing | 38%
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| Type of fog caused by moist air being cooled by water or land below it. | Advection fog | 25%
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| Partial melting of rocks, often leading to migmatite formation. | Anatexis | 13%
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| Type of radioactive decay where a nucleus emits an electron which converts a neutron to a proton. | Beta emission | 13%
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| Region of intense deformation where rocks flow plastically. | Ductile shear zone | 13%
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| Cold polar air masses that cuase localized storms on leeward shores even when surface weather maps indicate no apparent cause for a snowstorm. | Lake-effect snows | 13%
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| An isolated peak jutting out from beneath a continental glacier. | Nunatuk | 13%
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| Curving bands on a glacier than alternate between dark and light bands, usually in steep regions or at icefalls. | Ogives | 13%
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| Transformation of basaltic rocks into eclogite under high-pressure conditions. | Eclogitization | 0%
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